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When I buy something, I seldom dither about what to buy. I rarely make a wish list for my shopping in advance. If I go shopping for my training shoes for example, I don't prepare a list for my candidate purchases, seeking them on the Internet or with fliers. Instead, I just go to a department store or a sports shop and do quick survey about shoes on the shelf, then nearly automatically, I can sense what is necessary for me and I just buy it. It usually takes 10 minutes or less. I don't need long time or a priority list for my shopping; I just know instantly what I need when I see it.
In my wife's case, however, the situation is totally different. The other day, I accompanied my wife to a supermarket for shopping and bringing back heavy purchases to home. At the supermarket, I was observing her to buy a milk: she checked nearly all milks on the shelf and then started to check production dates, which was very comprehensive and thorough to me. I was watching my wrist watch behind her and it took three minutes or so just to select a carton of milk. If I had been her, I'm pretty sure that it would have taken within 20 seconds! That means I can carefully ponder for only about 1/10 of hers???
It's been about 20 years since I first met my wife. I still remember when I met her second time. We participated in a tennis club at the evening that day. After playing tennis, we went to a pub with other members. When the party was over and I went out of the pub, I found her—my future wife--standing there. She had been seeing me when I looked at her in her eyes in the dark. I understood instinctively then that she was my woman although she was quite different from a woman of my dream I had been dreaming in my consciousness ever since I was a college student.
In my wife's case, however, the situation is totally different. The other day, I accompanied my wife to a supermarket for shopping and bringing back heavy purchases to home. At the supermarket, I was observing her to buy a milk: she checked nearly all milks on the shelf and then started to check production dates, which was very comprehensive and thorough to me. I was watching my wrist watch behind her and it took three minutes or so just to select a carton of milk. If I had been her, I'm pretty sure that it would have taken within 20 seconds! That means I can carefully ponder for only about 1/10 of hers???
It's been about 20 years since I first met my wife. I still remember when I met her second time. We participated in a tennis club at the evening that day. After playing tennis, we went to a pub with other members. When the party was over and I went out of the pub, I found her—my future wife--standing there. She had been seeing me when I looked at her in her eyes in the dark. I understood instinctively then that she was my woman although she was quite different from a woman of my dream I had been dreaming in my consciousness ever since I was a college student.
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When I buy something, I seldom wonder about what to buy.
dither isn't really commonly used.
I rarely make a list for my shopping in advance.
wish list is for christmas and such, 'list' or 'grocery list' or 'shopping list' is for shopping
If I go shopping for my training shoes for example, I don't make a list in advance of possible candidates that i saw in fliers or on the internet.
cleaned this up a bit, it wasn't wrong but this way it sounds more proper
I don't need a long time or a priority list for my shopping; I just know instantly what I need when I see it.
The other day, I accompanied my wife to a supermarket for shopping and I ended up bringing back heavy shoppings.
reshaped a bit
At the supermarket, I was watching her her buying milk: she checked nearly every milk box on the shelf and then started to check production dates, which was very comprehensive and thorough to me.
not sure what you mean with production dates, i assume expire date.
That means i can make a choice in 1/10th of her
dont understand this sentence
I still remember when I met her the second time.
We joined a tennis club in the evening that day.
After playing tennis, we went to a pub with the other members.
She saw me when I looked at her in her eyes in the dark.
proper past tense
I understood instinctively then that she was my woman, although she was quite different from the woman of my dreams I had been dreaming in my consciousness ever since I was a college student.
I rarely make a wish list in advance of for my shopping. in advance. [ A little bit better, more orderly. ]
When I think about If I go shopping for my training shoes for example, I don't prepare a list of for my candidate purchases, or seeking them on the Internet or in with fliers. [ "If I go ..." sounds a little bit like you don't prepare a list in your mind while driving to the store. Nuance. ]
Instead, I just go to a department store or a sports shop and do quickly survey about the shoes on the shelf, then, nearly automatically, I can sense what is necessary for me and I just buy it.
It usually takes 10 minutes or fewer less. [ Less soup; fewer beans - minutes are countable. ]
The other day, I accompanied my wife to the [ if it's the one you always use ] a supermarket for shopping and bringing home back heavy purchases. to home. [ More natural. ]
At the supermarket, I was observing her to buying a milk: she checked nearly all the milk varieties on the shelf and then started to check production dates, which I thought was very comprehensive and thorough. to me. [ Better structure, more natural. ]
If I had been her, I'm pretty sure that it would have taken me within 20 seconds! [ OR "Had I been her, I'm pretty sure it would have taken me no more than 20 seconds!" ]
I still remember when I met her for the second time.
We participated in a tennis club at the evening that day. [ We played tennis that evening." Shorter. Better. You could add "At a club, we . . ." to show it was a private court, not public. ]
Afterwards playing tennis, we went to a pub with other members.
When the party was over and I went out of left the pub, I found her—my future wife--standing there.
She had been seeing me when I looked at her in her eyes in the dark. [ More natural and more romantic: "Our eyes met in the dark." Whoa! ;-)]
I understood instinctively then that she was my woman although she was quite different from a woman of my dream I had been dreaming in my consciousness ever since I was a college student. [ Was it one, the same, woman in all your dreams and on your mind? Or was it seven or a dozen or twenty in your dreams and on your mind since college? ]
Shoe-wise, you had an idea of what you'd like, then checked them all out in the store, refined, narrowed your choice down to a certain pair that met all your requirements.
On the other hand, totally unexpectedly, you chose your mate, Ms. Right, on impulse, in less than one second!
I don't know how you score the game of tennis in Nihongo, but in Eigo, tennis scores are "LOVE, 15, 30, 40, game.
However, you BOTH won. You weren't shopping, yet look at what you decided to bring home!
How best to maintain a happy marriage? Shop individually! Otherwise, you'd both go crazy. ;-)
But I guess that the same thing happened to me when I met my wife for the second time. At the time I was about 30 years old and had met many people, not only women but also men, and they were a wide variety of people. And I think that I had known what was good woman for me and I just understood it was her based on my "predetermined" image.
PS One comment on my ideal woman since I was a college student:
At that time, I was a graduate student. After studying at college, I often went back to my apartment (Japanese meaning) at midnight. Although I couldn't usually watch TV program at such midnight, there was Gulf War around 1990 and US white house TV programs reporting the War situation were on air every night. She, Tutwiler press secretary (I think, she is Margaret D. Tutwiler), reported and I checked the program every night. At the time, she was still (sort of) young, 40, and very beautiful. Points attracting me were: her intellectual eyes, her eyebrows that indicated her strong will, very sensible adult attitude, and so on. She has been the image of my ideal woman--now I realized that she is not an ideal "woman" but a "person" I want to be. My wife is more emotionally rich (although I don't know the real personality of Ms. Tutwiler).
小さなことに忠実な人は、大きなことにも忠実。だそうですから。
『このo男(人)だと分かった』というより、『この男(人)だと思い込んだ』でしたね、わたしは^^。
夫からも妻からもお互いに言いたいことはいっぱいでしょうね。
今日、生涯独り身で目の不自由な利用者さんに、「最後に頼りになるのはだんなさんや。粗末にしたら罰が当たる！。」と諭されました・・。
「そうやな、こんなん嫁にもらってくれる人他におらへんしな^^。」
なんて話をしてました^^。
粗末にしないように、大事にしなくては・・・!^^。
でも、時々直観が間違っていることもあるので、注意は必要ですね :)
奥様は、これまでずっと一緒にいらっしゃって、気にならないとしたら、やはり、かなり相性が良いのではないでしょうか？うちは、１０年目くらいまでは、いつもバトルになるネタが合って延々同じ議論をしていましたが、その後、どうやらかみさんの方が諦めたようです。明日でようやく１７年目になります。
実は、昨日から、かみさんが出かけてまして、一時的に、私と息子２人の男３人所帯となってますが、羽を伸ばすというか、好き放題にやってまして（３人とも！）、汚いです、荒れてます（笑）。
奥様が戻られたときに彼女の真の有難味がきっと分ると思いますよ。